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No. 401,638. Patented Apr. 16, I889.

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SAIQIUEL IIAMIL'ION CAUGIIY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TICKET-BOX FOR STREET-RAILWAY CARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 401,638, dated April 16,1889.

Application filed November 6, 1888. fierial No. 290,082. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that. I, SAMUEL HAMILTON IAUGHY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful 11nprovements in Ticket-Boxes for Street-Railway@ars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a box to contain fal-etickets to be usedespecially on the cars of suburban railways, where fares of variousamounts are charged and collected by the driver or conductor of the car.

The invention is illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, the cover being open. Fig. 2is a front side view of the open box, showing the bar which confines thetickets raised. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the box, showing therelative position of the point of the ticket-pin and thecoi'ifining-bar. Fig. 5 is an end view of the box. Fig. 5 shows across-section of the ticket-pin. Figs. 6 and 7 show two forms offaretickets that may be used with this box.

The system oi collecting fare for which this box is designed includes asmall paper ticket simply containing the price, whatever it may be, andthe word Fare, or any other word or matter that the company choose tohave printed thereon. The object is to supply each driver (or, ifconductors are used, each cond nctor) on the first trip out for the daywith a given number of fare-tickets of various rates. The passenger payshis money to the driver or conductor, who delivers a ticketcorresponding to the amount of fare paid,and the passenger then depositshis ticket in a farebox.

This invention has reference to a box in which the driver or conductorwill carry his supply of faretickets. A ticket once removed from thissupply-box cannot be returned to it. The driver or conductor mustaccount for all tickets missing from the box. The casing of the box maybe made of wood or metal.

The letter A designates the bottom, Z) the ends, and c the back, leavingthe front and top open. A cover, D, forming two righteangled sides, ishinged to the back, and is provided with a hasp, e, to take over astaple, c, on the bottom of the box, and thereby the box can be closedand locked.

The box is provided with partitions f, as many as may be desired.Between each two partitions a space, g, is formed for tickets. Thetickets g are piled up in these spaces, each space being capable ofcontaining from one to four hundred tickets, according to the thicknessof the paper on which they are printed. Each ticket space 9 is providedwith a vertical pin, It, the lower end of which is secured in the bottomof the box and stands upright. A bar, I, extends across the tops of theseveral upright pins h. The tickets have a hole, h, and are placed inposition in the spaces g. by slipping them down onto the pins h. Thusthe upright pin will occupy the said hole 71 of each ticket that is inthe space. The pins serve to hold the tickets, and when the bar I isfastened down on the upper end of the pin the tickets cannot be slippedoff, but can be detached or removed only by pulling them loose from thepin. As already stated, each ticket 9 has a hole, 72., and may beprinted in either one of two ways which are illustrated in Figs. (J and7. A ticket may have besides the hole a perforated or indentedcross-line,j, (see Fig. 7,) thus forming at the end where the hole is asort of coupon, 7c. The price of the ticketteu cents, for instancemaybeprinted on the coupon end and also on the ticket proper, as shown. In.detaching one of these tickets from the box the driver or conductor willpull on the ticket desired and detach it from the coupon is,

which latter will remain adhering to the pin 71/.

The other Way of printing the ticket is shown in Fig. 6, which has nocoupon. In this case the ticket is pulled oil the pin 71 and in so doingis torn at the end, as shown at Z. here tickets are printed and detachedin this way, I deem it best to have the pins 7L shaped so as to form onthe rear a cuttingedge, on, which is shown in Fig. 5. This cut ting-edgeserves, when. a ticket pulled off, to tear a slot, Z, in the end of theticket.

The bar lis removable from. the tops of the pins to allow a fresh.supply of tickets to be placed in position. The bar has a longitudinalmove 0' on its under side and when,

down the ends of the pins h occupy said groove, as shown in Fig. Thisgroovcr effectually prevents the restoration of a ticket upon the pinafter it has been removed. The bar is attached to one end, I), of thebox by a hinge, n, and extends lengthwise and across all. thepartitionsf. The free end of the bar I has a hasp, 0, which takes over astaple, p, on the end of the box. Thus when the bar is down on the pinsh it may be locked, and as the key will be kept in the office the driveror conductor cannot raise the bar, and hence tickets cannot be removedwithout hearing evidence of removal, and once removed a ticket cannot berestored.

The construction and arrangement of the bar to close down on the top endof the pin may be varied from that shown. It will be seen the bar issimply a stop device pressed on the top end of the pin to prevent there- 1 moval therefrom of tickets.

Thecover D will close down over the bar and tickets, and may be locked,as stated, and will prevent any unauthorized person from removingtickets.

One or more receptacles, Q, are formed in the box to receive change, andmay be used by the driver or conductor to deposit the money receivedfrom sale of tickets.

\Yhen the days runs have been made, the driver or conductor will returnhis box to the office, and will then account for all tickets that havebeen removed from the box.

From the foregoing description the use and operation of the box will bereadily understood.

It is obvious that some changes in the construction of the parts may bemade Without departing from my invent-ion. I do not, therefore, limitthe same to the precise construction here shown.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a fare-ticket box, thecombination, with the box provided with partitions f, forming spaces g,with pins 7b, of the bar I, inclosing the upper ends of the pins, saidbar being hinged at one end of the box and adapted to be locked at theother, as set forth.

2. The combination,in a fare-ticket box, of the transverse partitions f,havingintervening spaces g, the pins h, located in said spaces andextending above the upper edges of the partitions, and the longitudinallocking-bar I, hinged to the box at one end and provided at the otherend with fastening devices, the under side of the locking-bar beingprovided with a recess adapted to set over the upper ends of the pins,whereby the tickets impaled on said pins may be held in security,substantially as specified. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL HAMILTON ("AUGIIY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. MORRIS, JNo. T. MADnox,

